bugs.inits: Writing input for OpenBUGS

In R2OpenBUGS: Running OpenBUGS from R

Description

Write files ‘inits1.txt’, ‘inits2.txt’, etc., in the working directory for OpenBUGS to read

Usage

bugs.inits(inits, n.chains, digits,
    inits.files = paste("inits", 1:n.chains, ".txt", sep = ""))

Arguments

inits	a list with n.chains elements; each element of the list is itself a list of starting values for the OpenBUGS model, or a function creating (possibly random) initial values
n.chains	number of Markov chains
digits	number of significant digits used for OpenBUGS input, see formatC
inits.files	name for the inits files R write the inits into.

Value

Vector of names of inits.files; as a side effect, the inits files ‘inits*.txt’ are written

See Also

The main function to be called by the user is bugs.

R2OpenBUGS documentation built on April 3, 2020, 1:08 a.m.